Ryan Borg Email & Phone Number

Ryan Borg was appointed Deputy Counsel – EU and International Affairs within the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) in May 2019. In his role as Deputy Counsel, he is responsible for the coordination of relations with international organizations and foreign regulators. He is also responsible for the formulation of financial services policy, mainly issued by the European Commission and is actively engaged in policy dialogue, engagement with stakeholders, negotiations and follow up of EU institutional affairs and dossiers in the area of Financial Services. He is also responsible for the overall coordination of sustainable finance within the MFSA, providing policy input on the ongoing debate, coordinate the required feedback by the European Supervisory Authority (ESAs), and ensure alignment with the increased focused on this policy area by the EU. He also chairs an internal working group with MFSA on sustainable fence and represents the MFSA in the Sustainability Standing Committee within the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).Prior to that, Ryan Borg spent ten years as a diplomat at the Permanent Representation of Malta to the EU in Brussels as Financial Counsellor. He had the privilege to deal with a number of financial services legislations and represented Malta in various EU fora. During his posting in Brussels, he gained professional experience in high level relations with the EU institution, provided any advice on economic and financial affairs and also participated in Ministerial Councils and various bilateral meetings. Throughout the Maltese Presidency in 2017, Ryan Borg had the opportunity to Chair the Financial Counsellors working group and led trialogues negotiations with the European Parliament on a number of legislative files on which political agreement was reached on some dossiers.Ryan Borg holds a Masters in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Commerce in economics and management, both from the University of Malta.